#38C8CA#38C8CA

#38C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.117 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8CA
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -35.90, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 37.82, 198.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.1124 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.117 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9410, 46.4096, 63.0875)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8CA #CA3A38

analogous

#38CA83 #38C8CA #387FCA

triadic

#38C8CA #CA38C8 #C8CA38

tetradic

#38C8CA #8338CA #CA3A38 #7FCA38

square

#38C8CA #8338CA #CA3A38 #7FCA38

split-complementary

#38C8CA #CA387F #CA8338

monochromatic

#1D6A6B #299A9B #38C8CA #68D5D7 #99E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#38C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8CA

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8CA	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.117 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9da',
    500: '#38c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8ca;
$custom-light: #85d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76074,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8CA

secondary

#CF8F8E

accent

#4947E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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